
"Where: 64 Sleeper St., Seaport When: Nov. 29, 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. The playground, named for 8-year-old Boston Marathon bombing victim Martin Richard, will light up its wooden playship with more than 7,600 feet of white and blue LED lights. The celebration includes visits from Santa and the Grinch, a Boston Fire Department fire truck, and performances from the Berklee School of Music, holiday beverages, and crafts."
"Where: 139 Tremont St., Downtown Boston When: Dec. 4, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (tree lights at 7:55 p.m.) To celebrate the 54th annual tree donated from Nova Scotia, honoring 108 years of friendship between Nova Scotia and Boston. The two-hour celebration includes live entertainment, with the official tree lighting at 7:55 p.m. The event will also air on WCVB Channel 5 starting at 7 p.m."
Holiday lighting events and displays take place across Boston neighborhoods through early December. Christopher Columbus Park features a 260-foot trellis lit with 50,000 blue lights and decorated trees throughout the waterfront park. The Martin Richard Playground in the Seaport will light a wooden playship with more than 7,600 feet of white and blue LED lights and host appearances from Santa and the Grinch, a Boston Fire Department truck, and musical performances. Copley Square hosts a Dec. 1 lighting with Rudolph, Santa, Joelle James, the Boston Children’s Chorus, and Symphonic of Emerson College. A Nova Scotia–donated tree will be lit Dec. 4 at 139 Tremont St., with Commonwealth Avenue Mall lights following that evening.
Read at Boston.com
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